2. According to the Creeds, this Church is "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic." We may not say that part, or parts, of the Church have these marks but other parts do not. The marks pertain to the whole Church.
Read moreWe have been unable to confirm that this accurately reports John Sentamu but if it does then it is very serious. Previously he appeared to have taken the view that sexual immorality is important and that the actions of the revisionists and sodomites in North America is a problem. If these reports are accurate it indicates that he has changed his stance and adopted the revisionists way of handling Scripture.
Read moreMeanwhile orthodox parishes in the United States are being sued by the central bureaucracy of The Episcopal Church for property which the local church has invested in for generations but which the central bureaucracy now claims as it own. People may leave The Episcopal Church, but buildings or property may not. In some cases churches are being sued for the crayons from the Sunday School.
Read moreIn the Letters to the Editor column in the July 22 issue of "The Living Church" I came across a letter from a priest that captured everything that has made me uneasy about Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and what they represent in the current mindset of The Episcopal Church. Essentially it is this: people who support MDGs have too little doubt that the goals will succeed.
Read moreI find it interesting that all the sexual abuse is done exclusively by pedophiles, seemingly a heterosexual malady. Are we to believe that not one case of sexual misconduct can be attributed to a single homosexual priest? There are anywhere from 8,000 to 22,000 homosexual priests. If the priesthood is made up of such a high percentage of homosexuals, then it stands to reason that at least a high percentage of the church's so-called pedophile problem is really a homosexual problem.
Read moreIt is common knowledge that there has been a reality gap between the de jure and the de facto positions of the Episcopal Church on homosexuality for almost 25 years. Beginning in 1978 (Bishop Paul Moore of New York) and then again in 1989 (Bishop John Spong of Newark), revisionist bishops took it upon themselves to violate the biblical and historic moral norms of the Church.
Read moreMany of those who share your views have labeled a lot of God's people as robbers, who want to steal property from those who rightly own it, whom they call "mutineers".
Tom, I want to cut out the name calling, and tell you two true stories. First, it was a small diocese, with few resources and a host of mission congregations, and small struggling parishes.
Read moreThe Vatican document is very brief -- just a few paragraphs in fact. Its official title is "Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church," and it was released by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on June 29 of this year.
Read moreEcumenists lament that the clock has been turned back and that the Roman Church must not be serious about its prior overtures toward mutual acceptance by Christian bodies. Some suggest darkly that the Pope cannot pray in unison with Jesus "that they all may be one." Apparently the ecumenicists forget who broke up the party to begin with.
Read moreFor the first time since before President Clinton said what "is, is" a majority of American teens - 53% - have not had sex and are choosing to not do so. In Clinton's "hey days" the number was around 47%. But it would be hard to know this from just reading the headlines of the liberals' most important of allies, the mainstream media. Here's a sampling of some the outlets that commented on the survey that confirmed these amazing numbers:
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